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Harvard - Aristotle's Ethics in Medieval Jewish Thought

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Harvard - Classical Hebrew Language and Literature

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Harvard - Classical Hebrew Language and Literature

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Harvard - Deuteronomy

A critical and exegetical study of Deuteronomy, carried out through a close reading of the bookin Hebrew. Special attention given to the literary form, hermeneutic aims, and theological profile of the work, considered in relation to other scriptural and non-scriptural traditions.
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Harvard - Introduction to Critical Talmud Scholarship

Designed to introduce students to the philological, historical and source-critical methods used in the contemporary academic study of Talmud and Midrash, through the study of selected passages.
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Harvard - Introduction to Rabbinic Literature

Designed to introduce students with a basic reading knowledge of Hebrew to Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash, and Talmud through a close study of representative texts in the original. Texts are mostly non-legal and in Hebrew (rather than Aramaic). Attention to questions of language, exegetical method, literary, and intellectual history.
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Harvard - Joseph and Esther: Seminar

A close critical reading of Genesis 37-50 and the Book of Esther in Hebrew. Emphasis on literary design and religious messages and on the influence of the story of Joseph upon the Book of Esther.
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Harvard - Literature of Israel: Seminar

Topic for 2009-10: Biblical Historiography: Selections from books of Kings and Chronicles.
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Harvard - Literature of Israel: Seminar

Topic for 2010-11: TBA.
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Harvard - Postbiblical Hebrew Language and Literature

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Harvard - Postbiblical Hebrew Language and Literature

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Harvard - Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar

Topic for 2009-10: TBA
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Harvard - Rabbinic Stories and Rabbinic Thought: Seminar

Examines classical rabbinic narratives, including sage stories, accounts of biblical figures, and parables. Key themes include ethics, theology, and community. Strong consideration will be given to exegetical dynamics and legal issues.
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Harvard - Scriptural Interpretation in Ancient Israel: Inner-Biblical Exegesis

An examination of the forms, methods, and aims of scriptural interpretation within the HebrewBible itself. Sessions will combine consideration of recent scholarship on "inner-biblicalexegesis" with close readings of biblical texts (narrative, legal, prophetic, apocalyptic, hymnic)in Hebrew. Note: Two years of Biblical Hebrew strongly recommended.
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Harvard - Song at the Sea: Seminar

A close reading of Exod 13:17-15:21 in two contexts, that of the Hebrew Bible (together with its ancient Near Eastern background) and that of rabbinic Judaism. Ample Hebrew readings in rabbinic midrash.
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Harvard - The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah): Seminar

An examination of Genesis 22 and its afterlife in ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and the Qur'an. Ample consideration of the interpretation and expansion of the story in modern theology and of critical responses to it.
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Harvard - The Medieval Torah Commentary: A Practical Introduction: Seminar

An introduction to the use of medieval Jewish biblical commentaries as a resource for modern exegetes. Some comparison of the medieval hermeneutical presuppositions with those of the distinctively modern forms of biblical study.
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Harvard - The Origins and Development of the Classical Jewish Liturgy

An examination of current scholarship and controversy on the origins of the classical liturgy and a consideration of the primary-source evidence. Related topics include: rabbinic liturgy and Second Temple sources, differences between the ancient Palestinian and Babylonian rites, the standard prayers and the origins of liturgical poetry (piyyut), the crystallization of the liturgy, and the emergence of local variations in the early Middle Ages.
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Harvard - The Poetics of Midrash: Approaches to Rabbinic Hermeneutics

This seminar examines the forms and contents of late ancient rabbinic midrash or biblical interpretation, addressing both legal and non-legal forms. Each session will include consideration of both primary sources and recent scholarship. The course will center on studies of midrash as a form of literature by Boyarin, Fishbane, Fraade, Kugel, Stern, and Yadin.
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Harvard - The Problem of Language in Medieval Jewish Thought

The status and significance of language generally and Hebrew, in particular, viewed from a variety of perspectives in texts from several genres (exegetical, linguistic, literary, legal, philosophical and mystical) ranging chronologically from late antiquity through the Renaissance.
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